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HakoneThings to do

Things to do in Hakone

  1. Hakone Open-Air Museum

    Once you’ve arrived at Hakone-Yumoto Station, you might want to stop in at the Hakone Tourist Information Centre in front before you start exploring. It’s possible to board the delightful two-car mountain train that slowly winds through the forest to Gōra. Between Odawara and Gōra on the toy-train Hakone-Tōzan Line is the Hakone Open-Air Museum. This art museum is a short walk from Chōkoku-no-mori Station, just before Gōra. As well as paintings, the museum has a 70,000-sq-metre outdoor sculpture park that features works by artists such as Auguste Rodin and Henry Moore. The outdoor bronzes are particularly lovely in the winter under a light blanket of snow.

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  2. Hakone Museum of Art

    Gōra is at the end of the Hakone-Tōzan Line and the start of the funicular and cable-car trip to Tōgendai on the shore of Ashi-no-ko. There’s nothing to see at Gōra, and you’ll probably want to wander on. Further up the hill, 10 minutes from Gōra Station, is the Hakone Museum of Art, which has an interesting moss garden and a collection of ceramics from Japan and across Asia.

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  3. Tenzan

    This large, popular bath is 2km southwest of town; weekends and holidays can be busy. A free shuttle bus runs from the bridge near Hakone-Yumoto Station. After soaking in rotemburo of varying temperatures and designs (one is constructed to resemble a natural cave), the 20-minute walk back down the hill along the river is invigorating.

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  4. Hatsuhana

    Slurp some soba at this pleasant eatery along the Haya-gawa (Haya River). Hang a left on the next main street after passing the tourist information centre in Hakone-Yumoto; it’s over the bridge on the left.

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  5. Amazake-Chaya

    Since the Edo era, this tea house has been serving up amazake (warm, sweet sake) and light snacks. It’s about 550m up the Old Tōkaidō Hwy from Moto-Hakone.

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  7. Kappa Tengoku

    Just up the hill from Hakone-Yumoto Station, Kappa Tengoku is a nice rotemburo (outdoor bath) if it’s not crowded.

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